unfocused said:

I had the original version of this lens and liked it a lot. The latest version is now 11-20mm which is a bit more versatile. No IS, but with a lens this wide and fast, I never found that to be a problem. Also, the lens will mount on a full-frame body, although the vignetting can be pretty severe at the wide end.

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Funny you should say that.....

I just shot all the storage rooms at work and needed something wider than the 24-70 that we have, so I brought in my 11-16 Tokina, mounted it on a 6D, and shot all the rooms. I kept it at 15 and 16mm and the vignetting was not a problem, Lightroom profile for the lens corrected the bit there was. That said, go any wider and the vignetting was severe!

For obvious reasons, I can not post any work pictures to show the point, but here are two shots from my drive home to illustrate. Both taken with a Tokina 11-16 at F2.8 on a 6D2. These are the out-of-camera images, just resampled to make them fit the forum size limits. First at 16mm, second at 11mm.

Don Haines said:

In general I would agree with you, but not for cameras. I want a Frankencamera with Canon glass and ergonomics, Sony sensor, and Olympus feature set. Nobody makes the camera. Of the ones that are made, nothing hits all the buttons, but several are close enough to consider. Of those, there is no clear winner so I stick with what I have.

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I want the same thing as you but there is no perfect camera exist even if you have the money to pay for it.

I also don't think it's in the interest of the camera company to make a perfect camera because that would lead to their eventual demise especially when in 2-3 years it can be had for cheap on the used and discounted old model.

As with everything in life, there are trade offs. I have learned to evaluate my priority, shooting style and professional needs.

Once I figure out my priority and what I want in a camera, I think I found one camera that come the closest to what I want and I can adapt my EF lens (24-70 2.8 II) and Sigma EF lenses. It's not perfect, but it's the camera I wished Canon would have built.

• 5.76 million dot EVF 120 hz
• Great ergonomic, backlit button, weather sealed, fully touch screen LCD with good menu, good color
• 24 mpx "Sony" sensor that beat Fuji film medium format in DR test & has clean 12800 ISO
• Dual card slot with XQD/CFExpress support
• IBIS 6 stop (hand held 4 seconds)
• EyeAF and AI tracking.
• USB-C charging
• $2500 with free battery and grip.
• 4K 60, unlimited 4k 30, 180 FPS HD

There are some flaws with this system but nothing I deem it to be serious. I can live with those limitation especially for $2500 with $430 pre-order bonus (battery and grip). If someone come along and make a perfect camera, I'll upgrade consider it as a cheap upgrade consider my Canon 5D IV can be fetch around $2000.

I'll first to admit this upgrade is to satisfy my wants not needs. If I can create and charge people $6K for a wedding with a Canon 6D years ago, I learn really quick that gears aren't everything. At the same time, if you have money, why not enjoy life a little .

HF G60 already? Not even 4 months after HF G50 was announced on CES in January?

neuroanatomist said:

I've run into many situations where I didn't have enough DR. But in those situations, an extra stop or two would not have been enough.

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I think I have given examples in other threads, such as cathedral interiors where I don't want the room too dark to see, but I still want the stained glass windows to show detail and rich colors. Another was when I was shooting in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs late in the afternoon, taking shots of back-lighted rock formations. I also wanted detail and color in the back-lit clouds. Either would at best push Camera RAW's ability to recover highlights and lift shadows to their limits with one shot. Two shots combined and edited in ACR handled both situations with ease.

Mt Spokane Photography said:

Are you tethering with Canon Utilities, or with Capture one?

Your original post leaves out the camera model and software, so we just have to guess what you might be doing.

You can get better help if you provide information.

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Hi, this is a post under canon's EOS R so i'm using that.
i've tried tethering to Canon's program, capture one and lightroom.. on iMac with a cable to USB 3 and on the new macbook pro with USB C

I'm all about more RF lenses but I think I'll stick with my adapted ef 8-15. The adapter I got allows for drop in filters useful from 8-800mm which is a beautiful thing to me. Now the RF 16-35mm I am eagerly awaiting...

If I go that route, I'll get a G9 and a couple of lenses (for a small travel setup). I just sent back my EOS R rental, have a Sony rental arriving next week, and then 2 weeks after that the S1R arrives for a week.

neuroanatomist said:

I should have phrased it as, IBIS is not critical for most users, as it hasn’t significantly affected buying decisions in aggregate. Sort of like DR. Even if the feature is important, it’s not important enough. Particularly since IS is available in many lenses.

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I don't think it is elitist to suggest that for very many buyers, IBIS is no more on wish lists than TERN or HERON.

Kiton said:

"..... I’ve always wanted Canon to make an EF 28mm f/1.4L...."

I agree with you on the 28mm lens, but:

I have asked Canon and Sigma many times, please make a 28mm f 2 (and a fresh 85 f2)
Not a 1.4!!

The Canon 35 f2 is a great lens, sharp as a tack, light and small enough to put in a pocket. It is just a touch too tight.
28mm is a perfect walk around lens.
I have the 28 2.8 IS, it is an ok piece of glass. just ok.
I had the 28mm 1.8, it is a piece of $#@{ glass! Real piece of $#@{.

Why does everything have to be 1.4 or faster?
Canon says they foresee the sales of interchangeable lens cameras falling seriously in the communing years. No wonder when every new lens requires a Sherpa to carry it and second mortgage to finance it!

The basics in photography are being neglected for trophy items.

This path will lead to corporate peril over time!

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RF 35 IS is small, cheap, light, and f.18 at that. So they should be able to do something similar for 28 mm. On the RF mount it is the best you can do in terms of a small package anyway.

Awesome. Beautiful series, GMCPhotographics.

Del Paso said:

What I find funny, is the fact that the 2,8/24 IS seem to be noticeably better than the 1,4/24 IS II, according to LR
Can anyone confirm or infirm their results?(want to buy a 24mm, NOT the Sigma, already have the TSE...)

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Each lens was tested at maximum aperture, so one MTF reading is at f2.8 and the other is at f1.4.

Hey, look at that, the company no longer exists. It's almost as if people have predicted this...

Cameras, TVs and mobile are now one company, with Sony deciding to remain the holding company, for now anyway.

Mobile was the worst preforming, by far, followed by cameras that Sony is showing in the black, after write-downs and sell-offs.

The new company, Electronics Products & Solutions (EP&S) will, for now anyway, be held by Sony. Analysts all over the planet are pointing out the old HS&E company, primarily TV's, will now have to float EP&S.

Good news for photographers since production and support should continue, pretty much, with no changes. No outside buy, like a Chinese buyer, so a bullet was dodged there.

As we started all of this: get your business news after camera companies from business sources, not camera/photography reviewers. There's still uncertainty about the company and products, but the next couple years should be fairly stable and predictable.

Be careful though, as cameras from Sony are more precarious in the long term then cameras from a restructured Nikon (have just missed bankruptcy last year), and far, far more precarious than an absolutely rock solid Canon.

AlanF said:

The seller, unfortunately, will be the one who ends up paying for this having paid postage and having a used lens to sell at a discount.

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I'm not sure I get your drift there AlanF... is there some point to that?

The mount is probably the DJI DL mount: diameter 58mm, flange focal distance 16.84mm.

Since the Zenmuse X7 includes a Super35 sensor a 21mm makes sense.

Tossing in my 2c regarding sealing on internal focusing lenses. My 70-200 f2.8 ii got a grain of sand caught in the focusing assembly - I could hear it grinding if I turned the focus ring. I didn't drop it in sand or anything like that, though it briefly shared a bag with a towel that had some sand on it. It actually wasn't a problem during AF, and I hardly ever use MF on that lens, but that sensation of grinding sand was too much to bear, and I ended up getting it repaired.

Thank you for all the responses. I ended picking up a couple of ze lenses for my R and they work perfectly with the focus guides.

Trey T said:

Looks like they welded the EF to RF mount on their existing line

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Given how much some people irrationally hate adapters, I think it's a solid business move. (I realize that some adapters have some issues, but these are MF lenses, and the Canon adapter is flawless by all accounts)

Full pricing over on Newsshooter. 55k bade. About 70k for a ready to go package. No licenses. Codex add-ons surprisingly down to earth.

Picked up a refurb 80D! It was out of stock until today. My first new camera since T2i in 2011

I dealt with Ken in the 1980s when he did have a store I was 23 and just out of art school. I had no credit card. Ken would put a camera in my hands like a Hasselblad and say take it home see how you like it. No credit card, no nothing he just trusted. I was not the only one. Plenty of people he helped get there start. He is great man we should all hope for a miracle.

If Canon makes a QPAF sensor, would it be debayered same as DPAF (= sum four sub pixels of same color, and interpolate colors same as non *PAF sensor), or would it gain by adding four adjacent sub pixels as in the orange squares, and not interpolating color at all?

Antono Refa said:

I'm wondering whether the sensor would really be 70MP, it's just 35MP w/ DPAF or 18MP w/ QPAF.

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Canon has shown 120, 200 and 250MP APS-H sensors already, so it could be 70MP w/ QPAF and QP-RAW would have 240MP.

pretty much as expected, but two weeks later than my prediction of the end of March. I wish they had the Focus Bracketing though

Viggo said:

Got a «confirmed» on the new firmware from Canon today.

No release date, but new info soon and release of the firmware “within a few weeks”.

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Woohoo. Can't wait. I hope it has the goodies we are expecting.

I like mine (Rolleiflex) too!